At both poles, ice melt is speeding up
U. LEEDS (UK) / CALTECH (US) — Ice sheet melting has increased over time and, altogether, Greenland and Antarctica are now losing more than three times as much ice as they were in the 1990s. Continue…
Friday, November 30, 2012 12:02 - 2 Comments
Earth & Environment - Oct 22, 2012 10:24 - 6 Comments
Lethal heat turned Earth into ‘broken world’
U. LEEDS (UK) — The “dead zone” period that followed the worst extinction of all time lasted 5 million years because it was simply too hot to survive. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 2, 2012 11:34 - 2 Comments
100 years of rain recorded in Amazon tree rings
U. LEEDS (US) — Researchers have used tree rings from eight cedars in Bolivia to determine how much it has rained over the Amazon basin during the past century. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 12, 2012 12:17 - 1 Comment
Next 10 years: Food crisis fueled by Asia’s droughts
U. LEEDS (UK) — Large parts of Asia face a higher risk of more severe droughts within the next 10 years, experts warn in a new report. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 10, 2012 11:24 - 1 Comment
Will loss of Amazon forests reduce rain?
U. LEEDS (UK) — The destruction of tropical rainforests could reduce rain across the Amazon basin in the dry season by as much as 21 percent by 2050, experts report. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 29, 2012 15:13 - 0 Comments
Diverse rainforests resilient to drought
U. LEEDS (UK) — Despite a 40-year drought, forest carbon stocks in protected West African rainforests increased, thanks to a dramatic shift to trees better adapted to dry conditions. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 24, 2012 14:11 - 0 Comments
Seeding clouds could calm hurricanes
U. LEEDS (UK) — Scientists propose seeding clouds to decrease sea surface temperatures where hurricanes form, in order to tame one of the most destructive forces on Earth. (more…)
